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BILLY LEE TOBIAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – June 6, 1967
Service recordBilly Lee Tobias, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 64
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 64
- MITCHELL NICK STUPARLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLOCorporal · June 6, 1967
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- JACKIE RANDLE BAIRDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 61
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.